p. 27 | ARTHUR R. EVANS by ARTHUR R. EVANS.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 7, 1908

ARTHUR R. EVANS

By ARTHUR R. EVANS.

Canvassing for a Scholarship.—It has been said that the canvassing work and the scholarship plan are boon companions. They are supplementary to each other, and have contributed materially to the large attendance in our schools during the present year. The fact that one is working for a scholarship is itself a strong incentive to earnest effort. This, coupled with Christ’s command, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature,” and the assurance, “Lo I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world,” is our best guarantee of success.

We hear so many young persons say, “I just can’t sell books.” There is no such word as “can’t” in the successful canvasser’s vocabulary.

Some points learned by actual experience may be valuable to the beginner. Canvassers should always go out in small companies, rather than singly. In country territory four persons may secure rooms in a central location, and plan their work so as to meet there on Friday afternoons, in time to prepare for the Sabbath. Thus the day may be spent in prayer and study, and in recounting God’s blessings in their experiences. On Sunday, plans should be laid for the weekly campaign. All necessary business is done, and everything is in readiness for an early start on Monday. This is important.

Let our motto be, “Forty hours a week! ten weeks of faithful work! and a scholarship at the end of the race!”